Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 100 · 40 questions

Word tip (Name the skill first): Read the question and decide which skill it tests. Use that lesson’s method: swap test for synonyms, opposite end for antonyms, meaning for homophones, split the word for prefixes and suffixes. Check your answer by reading it back in the sentence.

1. 1.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindest (b) kinder (c) kindness (d) kindly
2. 2.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “praise”? (a) borrow (b) arrive (c) blame (d) float
3. 3.What is the feminine of “husband”? (a) aunt (b) wife (c) daughter (d) niece
4. 4.Fill the gap: a ___ of lions (a) pride (b) bunch (c) swarm (d) flock
5. 5.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “float”? (a) shout (b) sink (c) borrow (d) run
6. 6.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
7. 7.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) miscount (c) uncount (d) recount
8. 8.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) running (c) postman (d) kitchen
9. 9.Fill the gap: a ___ of cars (a) swarm (b) flock (c) fleet (d) herd
10. 10.Which is a compound word? (a) homework (b) pencil (c) banana (d) kitchen
11. 11.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) big – small (c) fast – slow (d) big – large
12. 12.Which word means the same as “fast”? (a) quick (b) heavy (c) kind (d) empty
13. 13.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpful (b) helpfully (c) helpless (d) helper
14. 14.Which is a compound word? (a) airport (b) animal (c) yellow (d) teacher
15. 15.Fill the gap: A colony is a group of ___. (a) cows (b) grapes (c) ships (d) ants
16. 16.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) victory – win (b) victory – defeat (c) end – finish (d) gift – present
17. 17.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peaces (b) peacefully (c) peacemaker (d) peaceful
18. 18.Which is a compound word? (a) haircut (b) teacher (c) quickly (d) elephant
19. 19.Which word means the same as “rock”? (a) stone (b) sand (c) leaf (d) cloud
20. 20.Choose the best word: Kavya ___ the bus and had to walk to school. (a) drove (b) missed (c) caught (d) washed
21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
22. 22.Choose the best word: Arjun ___ the race and got a gold medal. (a) missed (b) lost (c) won (d) feared
23. 23.Choose the best word: Meera was so ___ that she fell asleep on the sofa. (a) tired (b) excited (c) angry (d) hungry
24. 24.Choose the best word: It was so ___ that we could hardly hear each other. (a) silent (b) quiet (c) calm (d) noisy
25. 25.What is the feminine of “hero”? (a) hostess (b) princess (c) actress (d) heroine
26. 26.Which word means the same as “reply”? (a) answer (b) smile (c) travel (d) ask
27. 27.Fill the gap: A kid is the young one of a ___. (a) cow (b) goat (c) hen (d) cat
28. 28.Choose the best word: The doctor was ___ and explained everything slowly to the scared child. (a) angry (b) careless (c) patient (d) rude
29. 29.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindnes (b) kindeness (c) kindniss (d) kindness
30. 30.Which is a compound word? (a) yellow (b) animal (c) happiness (d) doorbell
31. 31.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) mend – repair (b) below – under (c) shut – close (d) wise – foolish
32. 32.Fill the gap: The young one of a dog is a ___. (a) calf (b) foal (c) kitten (d) puppy
33. 33.Which word means the same as “silent”? (a) quiet (b) rich (c) fast (d) loud
34. 34.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
35. 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) friend – enemy (b) day – night (c) push – pull (d) friend – pal
36. 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) dishear
37. 37.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) glad – happy (b) talk – speak (c) cheap – expensive (d) jump – leap
38. 38.What is the masculine of “empress”? (a) prince (b) bull (c) emperor (d) uncle
39. 39.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
40. 40.What is the masculine of “wife”? (a) son (b) husband (c) uncle (d) nephew

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